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ATTORNEYS United States Patent INFANTS CRIB Harry 0. Bystrom, Modesto, Calif.

Application September 2, 1952, Serial No. 307,559

2 Claims. (Cl. -2)

The present invention pertains to an infants or babys crib; this application being a continuation, as to all common subject matter, of my copending application, Serial No. 162,106, filed May 15, 1950.

It is a primary object of this invention to provide a babys crib which is a unitary part of an upstanding cabinet; the crib being adapted to fold into the cabinet when not in use, whereby to conserve space in living quarters.

A separate important object of the invention is to provide a babys crib, foldable into a cabinet as above, wherein the crib includes end sections and a front or outer side section which upstand when the crib is in use, but which fold flat onto the mattress when the crib is in its out-ofthe-way position in the cabinet.

An additional object of the invention is to provide detachable securing means to maintain the end sections and the front or outer side section in upstanding position when the crib is in use, and to lock said sections when folded down atop the mattress; the latter feature being advantageous in that it prevents such sections from swinging out of place as the crib is folded into the cabinet.

Another object of the invention is to provide a babys crib, as above, wherein the bed remains made up at all times; the end and outer side sections when folded down atop the mattress and locked in position preventing rumpling or disarrangement of the bed when the crib is folded away into the cabinet.

An additional object of the invention is to provide the crib with novel pivotally mounted legs which automatically swing out and depend for use when the crib is unfolded from the cabinet to a horizontal position.

It is also an object of the invention to provide a babys crib which is designed for ease and economy of manufacture and convenience of use.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a practical and reliable babys crib, and one which will be exceedingly effective for the purpose for which it is designed.

These objects are accomplished by means of such structure and relative arrangement of parts as will fully appear by a perusal of the following specification and claims.

In the drawings:

Fig. l is a perspective view of the cabinet, with the crib folded to its out-of-the-way or concealed position.

Fig. 2 is a similar view, but shows the crib as unfolded or swung out of the cabinet to a horizontal position of use; the legs being shown in depending operative position, but the outer side and end sections of the crib remaining in their folded, locked-together position.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary enlarged perspective view with the parts separated, of one of the locking devices used when the outer side and end sections are folded out and locked together, as in Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 2, but shows the outer side and end sections as erected and locked together.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary elevation showing one of the locking devices employed between the outer side "ice section and each end section when the same are erected, as in Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is an end elevation of the in the positions as in Fig. 2; the cabinet being in section and portions of the crib being broken away.

Referring now more particularly to the characters of reference on the drawings, the numeral 1 indicates an elongated, upstanding cabinet, which cabinet is of substantial height but relatively shallow, whereby to occupy a minimum of floor space.

The lower portion of the cabinet 1 houses the crib structure, and such portion is normally closed by a front panel 2.

The upper portion of the cabinet includes a pair of lower drawers 3, an upper drawer 4, and an open shelf 5; it being contemplated that the drawers 3 and 4 may contain the babys clothing, while toys or the like rest on the shelf 5.

The front panel 2 is pivoted, at opposite ends, to corresponding parts of the cabinet adjacent but short of its lower edge, as at 6, for swinging or unfolding motion from a vertical cabinet closing position, as in Fig. l, to an open or horizontal position of use, as for example in Fig. 2.

On the outside thereof, and in transversely spaced re- .lation, the front panel 2 is fitted with a pair of legs 7 of inverted L-shape pivoted, at the upper ends-as at 8-,

to brackets 9 aflixed to the panel 2.

Each leg thus includes a lateral projection 7a, at its upper end, facing toward the panel when the latter is vertical, while each bracket 9 includes a plate 9a which yabutting against the outside of said panel 2, and so that is upstanding from the pivot point 8 when the panel is vertical.

At their lower ends the legs7 are fitted with feet 10;

such feet normally swinging inwardly with the legs and the legs are then substantially parallel to the panelas shown in Fig. 1. By reason of the above described features, the legs are initially well spaced from the panel so that they can be readily grasped in the hands, while the hengagement of the lateral projections 7a with the bracket plates 9a when the panel is lowered to a horizontal position, as shown in Fig. 6, provides a stabilizing support for the legs.

When in the position as shown in Fig. 1, the legs 7 may be used as handles to pull the front panel 2 open, and when said panel reaches its horizontal position the legs have swung down to a vertical position, and the feet 10 rest on the floor in the manner shown in Figs. 2 and 4.

The panel 2 is fitted with a border frame, indicated generally at 11, which is of limited height, upstanding from the periphery of said panel when the latter is in its open or horizontal position.

The border frame 11 includes a front or outer side frame 12, end frames 13 somewhat higher than frame 12, and a rear or inner side frame 14; such border frame 11 supporting a mattress base 15 a short distance above the panel 2.

The mattress, indicated at 16, rests on the base 15 and is surrounded by the border frame 11, whereby to prevent any longitudinal or lateral displacement of such mattress.

The baby is kept in the crib by means of a front or outer side section 17 and end sections 18; the lower edge of the outer side section 17 being hinged to the upper edge of the outer side frame 12, as at 19, while the end sections 18 are hinged at their lower edges to the upper edges of the end frames 13, as at 19a. These hinges are set to permit the outer side section 17 to fold onto the mattress 16, and the end sections 18 to then fold onto the outer side section 17 in the manner shown in Fig. 2.

crib with the parts r 3 To the attainment of this end, the upper edge of the outer side frame 12 is in a plane at or above the top of the mattress 16, while the upper edge of the end frames 13 are at a greater height by at least the thickness of the outer side section 17.

When the outer side section 17 and the outer end sections 18 are folded, as in Fig. 2, they are detachably secured together by locking units, indicated generally at 20.

As said locking units 20 are identical, a description of one will suflice for both.

Each locking unit 20 is hinge-like and includes plates 21 attached to adjacent edge portions of the outer side section 17 and related end section 18. When such end section 18 is folded, as in Fig. 2, alternate sleeves 22 on the plate 21 are in matching alinement, and a cane-shaped pin 23 is engaged through such sleeves from one end thereof. This effectively locks the end sections 18 and outer side section 17 in their folded position, securing the same in such position when the crib is not in use, and for the advantageous reasons hereinbefore described.

When the crib is in use, after opening of the front panel 2 to its horizontal position, the outer side section 17-and end sections 13 are erected to vertical; adjacent ends of said sections being secured together near the top by detachable locking units, one of which is indicated generally at 24.

Each locking unit 24 is hinge-like, and includes the plate 21 on the related end section 18, together with the sleeves 22 which said plate carries. The sleeves 22 match and aline in alternation with other sleeves 25 carried by a plate 26 affixed to the adjacent end of the outer side section 17; such alined sleeves having one of the pins 23 run therethrough.

With this arrangement, the sections 17 and 18 are locked in upstanding position for use of the crib; the sections 18, when erected, blocking the drawers 3 so that the infant cannot pull the latter open.

After use of the crib, it requires only simple manipulation to detach the locking units 24, to fold the sections 17 and 18 onto the mattress, and to engage the locking units 20, whereupon the crib can be turned into the cabinet 1 with the front panel 2 closing the same. When this occurs, the legs 7 assume a dependent position from the brackets 9 parallel to the outside of the panel 2, as shown in Fig. 1.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that there has been produced such a device as substantially fulfills the objects of the invention, as set forth herein.

While this specification sets forth in detail the present and preferred construction of the device, still in practice such deviations from such detail may be resorted to as do not form a departure from the spirit of the invention, as defined by the appended claims.

Having thus described the invention, the following is claimed as new and useful, and upon which Letters Patent are desired:

1. In a baby crib which includes a cabinet having a front panel, said panel providing a support for bedding. means pivoting the panel on the cabinet for movement between a vertical cabinet closing position and a horizontal open position a predetermined distance from the floor; a pair of transversely spaced depending legs disposed on the front side of the panel, each leg at its upper end having a lateral portion projecting toward the panel when the latter is in a vertical closing position, means pivoting said portion at its outer end on the panel for relative swinging to maintain the leg in a depending position upon the panel being moved to horizontal, and a foot on the lower end of said leg abutting said front side of the panel when the latter is vertical so as to then maintain the leg substantially parallel to and spaced from the panel whereby the leg may be initially grasped by the hand.

2. A crib as in claim 1, in which the pivoting means for each leg includes a bracket plate projecting upwardly from the pivot when the panel is vertical and against which the lateral projection of the leg bears when the panel is swung to a horizontal position and the legs are depending.

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